mlg@scr.siemens.com (Michael Greenberg) writes:

>Is the following legal? [...]
>
>  typedef struct { } foo;
>  struct foo bar;

No.

 |   9.1  Class names                                          [class.name]
 [...]
 | 5 A typedef-name (_dcl.typedef_) that names a class is a class-name, but
 |   shall not be used in an elaborated-type-specifier; see also _dcl.type-
 |   def_.

 |   7.1.3  The typedef specifier                             [dcl.typedef]
 [...]
 | 4 A typedef-name that names a class is a class-name (_class.name_).  The
 |   typedef-name shall not be used after a class, struct, or union  prefix
 |   and not in the names for constructors and destructors within the class
 |   declaration itself.  [Example:
 |           struct S {
 |               S();
 |               ~S();
 |           };
 |
 |           typedef struct S T;
 |
 |           S a = T();      // ok
 |           struct T * p;   // error
 |    --end example]

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Is the following legal?  I am trying to port from one compiler to
another that contains the following:

  typedef struct { } foo;
  struct foo bar;

Thanks,





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